From sizzling seniors to naughty farmers' daughters, this collection of blue movie posters from a bygone era may have been shocking once.

But now, presented in the context of today's sex-fuelled society, they seem to hark back to an almost innocent age.

While the posters would have been considered risque in the 50s, 60s and 70s when they were released, now, with their cheeky illustrations and (mostly) clothed subjects, they seem almost innocent to modern viewers - saucy and suggestive instead of downright hardcore.

And unlike modern porn films with their emphasis on degradation, violence and fake breasts, these X-rated posters seem more interested in presenting entertainingly naff puns.

Naughty, naughty: Many of the films have entertaining straplines - in this case 'They call them "freshmen" but they're 100% WOMEN!'

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From 'Lure of the Triangle' (strapline: 'Loose lips sink ships') to 'Farmer's Daughters' and its 'Cock-a-doodle-doo' tag, the vintage posters are guaranteed to raise a smile, although possibly not for the reason they intended.

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Others speak volumes about the mores of the era, with saucy Frenchwomen and sporty girls topping the hot list for most viewers.

Another nods to the feminist movement, which was in its heyday during the 70s, although the tongue-in-cheek poster doesn't appear to be particularly supportive thanks to its title ('Female Chauvinists') and off-colour image of a placard-wielding Amazonian stamping on a man.

Funnier is '9 Ages of Nudity', which boasts a title that Fifty Shades Of Grey author E.L James would have been proud to write.

While not particularly politically correct, the posters do highlight how attitudes to porn and nudity have changed over the last four decades.

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As a result of our increasingly
sexualised culture, the Government has been forced to introduce measures
to curb the spread of internet porn, while yesterday, the Government's
adviser on childhood told newspapers that parents should monitor their
child's communications to prevent them from becoming sexually active too
soon.

In an interview with the Daily Mail,
MP and mother of three Claire Perry, said it was 'bizarre' to feel we cannot check our own children's phones and internet usage, adding that society as a whole is 'complicit' in
making it possible for children to have inappropriate contact with
strangers at any time of day.

Daily Mail columnist Rachel Johnson
has also written about how our porn-centric culture made a fellow
partygoer feel that taking a photo of her breasts and 'sexting' it to
others was acceptable behaviour.

Fellow Daily Mail columnis Shona Sibary recently told how her daughter was 'slut shamed' and bullied
simply for wearing hotpants to a party.

So while not everyone will enjoy the
sight of 'sizzling seniors', many will agree that more than anything, these posters indicate just how far sex and its portrayal in British society has changed over the past six decades.

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